Tracy Cavanagh 2020-11-06 23:54:33 wrote: Mum loved Christmas and bought presents for everybody and this gave her great joy. She wasn’t quite the most gracious at accepting gifts and whilst the photograph I’ve had it doesn’t match the story it has a similar theme. One year, mum had taken up baking. She’d made several Christmas cakes and even been into school to help children decorate Christmas chocolate logs. Dad decided for Christmas he would buy her a special present. Christmas morning came and a large box that presented. The first word that came out of her mouth where “ That better not be a food mixer”. Guess what? It was. Mum quickly tried to dig herself out of the hole she had created, laughing and apologising and insisting she loved it really. This story has made us laugh as a family ever year since. The picture attached was a similar mum reaction when dad surprised her with a personalised registration plate - not sure it was what she expected.